Police have not yet been able to determine who was driving the car at the time of the crash.

New Haven police Officer David Hartman said the car was westbound when the driver failed to negotiate a turn, struck the curbing and went airborne, crashing into the supports for the canopy over the pumps of the Mobil gas station at Amity Road and Whalley Avenue. The gas station canopy collapsed.

Route 63 was closed to traffic in the area as police investigated.

The Worthy got out of the car and walked to a nearby parking lot. He was treated at the scene, then taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injureis.